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mance of theduties of his of-fice.
Statute I.
May 26, 1854 .
Course to hepursued for thebetter regula-tion of the in-spection offlourin the county ofAlexandria .
Said county tobe divided intotwo inspectiondistricts.
Power vestedin the commoncouncil.
Statute I.May 26, 1824,
Ships or ves-sels owned in,or consigned toRichmond ,loaded in thedistrict of Pe-tersburg, maybe cleared outat Richmond .
Statute I.
May 26, 1824.
The Secretaryof the Treasuryto refund to cer-tain distillers inthe United
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United States , in the penalty of five thousand dollars; which bond shallbe conditioned for the due and faithful performance of the duties ofhis office, as prescribed by law; which bond shall be renewed once inevery five years thereafter, and shall be approved by the orphans’ court;and shall be recorded among the records of the circuit court of the Dis-trict of Columbia for the county aforesaid ; an official copy of whichbond, duly certified, shall have the force and effect of the original, in allsuits brought on said bond.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Chap. CLX .—An Met further to regulate the inspection offlour in the county if
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, for the better regula-tion of the inspection of flour within the county of Alexandria , in theDistrict of Columbia, the common council of the town of Alexandria shall be, and they are hereby, empowered and required to divide the saidcounty and town into two inspection districts; that to each of those dis-tricts, there shall be appointed a flour inspector, in the mode now author-ized by law, to perform alternate duties in the said districts; each of thesaid inspectors shall be liable to removal from office, at any time withinthe term for which he shall have been appointed by the court making theappointment; and during his continuance in office, shall enjoy the samerights, and be subject to like duties and restraints, as the present inspec-tor of flour in the said county of Alexandria .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said common council be,and they are hereby, empowered, to provide for a re-inspection of flourin store, whenever, in their opinion, it may require it, and to regulate theexportation and shipment thereof; to pass laws for the punishment of allpersons who shall be guilty of fraud, or otherwise violate their regula-tions, and to alter or amend the present inspection laws, so far as may benecessary to effect that object.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Chap. CLXI .—An Act to authorize masters of vessels in certain cases, to clear outeither at the custom-house of Petersburgh, or that if Richmond.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That any ship or vessel,owned by, o.r consigned to, any person or persons in the collection dis-trict of Richmond , and which shall be loaded, in whole or in part, in thedistrict of Petersburgh, by such owner or owners, consignee or consign-ees, may be cleared out by the collector of the district of Richmond , onapplication of the owner, consignee, or captain, of such ship or vessel:Provided, That the entire cargo shall be bona fide taken or shipped fromthe district of Richmond .
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Chap. CLXII .—An Act far the relief of certain distillers in the United States .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to refund, out of anymoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the distillers of spiritu-